Plus-size women take TV; fans see mixed blessing
By Behind The Scenes TV on Aug 26, 2009 in TV
Ask model and fashion designer Emme whether television and other media are more accepting of plus-size people, and she quickly corrects you.
“Average women,” she says.
The host of the new Fox reality dating show, “More to Love,” has been on this campaign since the mid-1990s, when she began telling full-size women to be more accepting of themselves. In her latest venture, she guides a 6-foot-3, 330-pound man as he chooses among 20 women who wear sizes ranging from 14 to 22.
Television is suddenly filled with images of full-figured people — real and fictional — although not as everyday people just living their lives. The shows focus on their size — on “More to Love,” the contestants’ height and weight, and that of the bachelor, were flashed on the screen as they were introduced in the first episode.
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